Pesticides - Wicked Leeks

Food, Farming, Fairness.

Opinion

News from the Farm – Grievous Biological Harm & banning glyphosate

In the run-up to the UK Gov's glyphosate reapproval, Guy Singh-Watson argues the case against

Environment and ethics Guy Singh-Watson Pesticides

News

Herbicide linked to cancer used in children’s playgrounds across UK

Pesticides Environment and ethics

News

Poison for profit – EU exports 122,000 tonnes of banned pesticides

Pesticides Environment and ethics

Features

The invisible pesticide problem

We can’t feel, see, smell or taste the chemical residues in or on our food & most UK supermarkets refuse to share the results of their testing. So where should concerned citizens turn for accurate information? Here’s what you need to know…

Pesticides Health

Features

The glyphosate elephant in the regen room

Over the last thirty years glyphosate use on British farms has skyrocketed. Now it’s at the centre of a debate in regenerative agriculture.

News

National action plan for pesticides ‘a poke in the eye’

David Burrows digs into the UK’s new proposals, which lag far behind the EU

Opinion

A different way forward

Winter crops of leeks, cabbage, cauliflower, kale and broccoli are growing fast, with the first plants touching across the rows a month ahead of last year,